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BONIFACIUS VIII (c.1235-1303). Liber sextus Decretalium , with gloss of Johannes Andreae (c. 1270-1348). [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c. 1473].
BONIFACIUS VIII (c.1235-1303). Liber sextus Decretalium , with gloss of Johannes Andreae (c. 1270-1348). [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c. 1473]. Third edition of Boniface’s highly important continuation of Gregory IX’s Decretals , fundamental texts of canon law. All early editions are rare on the market. Only one other copy (imperfect) of this edition has been sold at auction in over 40 years, and no other copy of either the first or second edition has sold at auction in the same period. Goff B-977. Royal folio (406 x 298mm). With all 5 blank leaves (8/5,6, 11/8, 16/4, 21/12), printed in red and black, opening initials in interlocking red and blue with purple penwork decoration, other initials and paragraph marks in red or blue, red capital strokes, headline written in red, contemporary foliation (short wormtrack and small wormholes in first 4 and final 2 quires effecting a little text, neat repaired tear in 21/7 ). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, title written on upper cover and spine, remains of fore-edge clasps, evidence of chain-staple (rubbed and a little stained). Provenance : occasional contemporary marginal annotations -- Mainz, Benedictine monastery of St James (17th-century inscription) – Piepus library (stamps). The Liber sextus decretalium was commissioned by Pope Boniface VIII and sent out to the universities in 1298, requiring it to be used in the teaching of canon law. Its importance is signified by having been printed in 3 editions within two decades of the beginning of printing. The Eggestein edition has also been considered the second edition, accorded precedence by Goff and GW, but is now widely regarded as the third. A large, fresh copy with strong impressions. HC *3583; GW 4849; CIBN B-694; Bod-inc B-460; BMC I 70; BSB-Ink B-700; Goff B-977.